Boys basketball roundup: West roars back to beat Whetstone in overtime

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Dec 1, 2012 at 12:01 AMDec 1, 2012 at 11:13 AM

Charles Holland made a layup at the end of regulation and West erased a 13-point fourth-quarter deficit, going on to defeat visiting Whetstone 79-76 in overtime in a nonleague opener.

Charles Holland made a layup at the end of regulation and West erased a 13-point fourth-quarter deficit, going on to defeat visiting Whetstone 79-76 in overtime in a nonleague opener.

Holland scored 29 points, including 15 in the fourth quarter, when West tied the score at 69 after having trailed 50-37.

The Cowboys converted 4 of 6 free throws in overtime; Whetstone went 1 of 6.

Ed Golden had 22 points for West. Gary Hoover led Whetstone with 18.

Westerville Central 44, St. Charles 42

Eric James' basket as time expired lifted Westerville Central over host St. Charles in a nonleague opening game.

James, who led the Warhawks with 22 points and scored eight of his team's nine fourth-quarter points, made a contested pull-up jumper in the lane as time expired to wipe out St. Charles' second-half rally.

Central led 32-20 at halftime, but Bryce Spees' 23 points fueled a comeback, with St. Charles tying the score at 42 on his free throw.

Watterson 59, Dublin Jerome 55

Watterson took a nine-point lead into the fourth quarter and withstood a late charge from visiting Dublin Jerome to hold on for a 59-55 victory.

Trailing 58-55, the Celtics missed a three-point try with 10 seconds left before Matt Hughes hit a free throw to complete the scoring.

Bexley 48, Ready 44

Sam Nolan had 19 points and visiting Bexley held off a Ready rally for a nonleague victory.

The Lions had a 17-point halftime lead behind 11 points from Nolan. Ready outscored Bexley 21-10 in the fourth but never took the lead.

Westerville North 57, Newark 42

Jaylen Benton shot 8 of 8 from the field to lead Westerville North over visiting Newark.

Benton had 18 points, including two three-pointers, and Alex Stewart had 11 points.

Jalen Dartis led Newark with 18 points.

Delaware 78, Marysville 63

Mike Wells had 37 points and Khalil Iverson 18 rebounds to lead Delaware over Marysville.

Wells made 10 of 16 shots and 17 of 20 free throws. Iverson fell one rebound short of the school record.